cheeseman Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 The key here is the A10 agreed so any position by Richmond that Friday they were cleared is just hogwash. They may have wanted to be cleared but wishing and being are two different things. Any team that is going on their third pause has got to make you wonder what they are doing. SLU was out a month to make sure they really were clear to play. Yes I understand that the SLU women have had their problems so I guess it may be possible even if you are careful but at least where there was smoke there was fire in Richmond. tarheelbilliken 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
3star_recruit Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 If the Richmond AD just complies with the spirit of the confidentiality agreement, then they could have quietly gone into COVID pause. By protesting so loudly on Friday he's put a spotlight on their trustworthiness to host the A-10 tournament. Now VCU has a strong case that they should host the whole thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CBFan Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 43 minutes ago, 3star_recruit said: The Richmond AD just complies with the spirit of the confidentiality agreement, then they could have quietly gone into COVID pause. By protesting so loudly on Friday he's put a spotlight on their trustworthiness to host the A-10 tournament. Now VCU has a strong case that they should host the whole thing. I do not think that VCU having the whole tournament will work. 2 venues are probably needed and I am guessing in the same state. If the A10 want a single venue to play in then it should go to Dayton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slufanskip Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 10 hours ago, 3star_recruit said: When I called this two days ago, the big tip-off was the Richmond's AD's statement that they had followed all "appropriate" protocols in his Twitter hissy fit. This is a weasel word. He was not denying that Richmond was in violation of a protocol, merely that it was a minor violation and didn't really matter anyway. But there was a reason the A-10 commissioner sided with us in that meeting. She thought, as we did, that Richmond was playing with fire. Is this the thread where those of you who were blaming SLU and even as ridiculous as it may seem tried calling them out for supposedly ducking Richmond post their apologies? BIG BILL FAN and RUBillsFan 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bills71 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 what Apologies? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quality Is Job 1 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 nm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JettFlight5 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 O'Connor stepping deeper into it with has last tweet of a "hypothetical". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slufanskip Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 9 hours ago, Bills71 said: what Apologies? posters saying SLU was intentionally ducking the game so they wouldn't lose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pistol Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, JettFlight5 said: O'Connor stepping deeper into it with has last tweet of a "hypothetical". I'm not sure what this proves other than SLU made a reasonable decision that ended up being the right thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wgstl Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 12 minutes ago, Pistol said: I'm not sure what this proves other than SLU made a reasonable decision that ended up being the right thing. simple trying so hard to not be seen as irresponsible, while being irresponsible. Pistol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White Pelican Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 That guy probably should stop shoveling. The hole is deep enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slufan13 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 The thing about his tweet is that it may have satisfied all of those policies but now they are on a covid pause so their policies are wrong. I was critical of the SLU decision because I assumed we had too strict of policies (we still may) but SLU was right on this one. Pistol and dlarry 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RUBillsFan Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Welp, I'm probably getting blocked by this joker on Twitter soon because I'm definitely piling with the other SLU fans who are rightly calling him out for his BS. Littlebill and MattyMo213 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 -I wonder why he didn't just say girlfriend when he mentions "close contact"? I guess it does limit the population by a lot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
3star_recruit Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 25 minutes ago, White Pelican said: That guy probably should stop shoveling. The hole is deep enough. He's simply an extension of Richmond's athletic department leadership. Props to the posters on Richmond's own message board for taking the AD to the woodshed: "Well, this sure makes Hardt's comment on Friday foolish. Is it that tough to have a just a little bit of transparency from him about what happened with SLU? This has been a hallmark of his tenure whenever he speaks to the media." "Not addressing the prior StL issue is cowardly. How did you pass Friday?, what did StL know you didn’t? What changed?" "Duck and hide, wonder if Hardt is in his office with the lights off and Closed sign on the outside." Pistol, brianstl and Quality Is Job 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Littlebill Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, RUBillsFan said: Welp, I'm probably getting blocked by this joker on Twitter soon because I'm definitely piling with the other SLU fans who are rightly calling him out for his BS. Including Ford's son. LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnkielBreakers Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, Pistol said: I'm not sure what this proves other than SLU made a reasonable decision that ended up being the right thing. Wow. Hypothetically, if an AD created a train wreck and was reacting by laying on more acceleration, this is what it would look like. #ContactTracing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pistol Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 ^The Richmond athletic department's version of "Play Like a Champion Today". Gotta slap the sign in the tunnel on the way to the press conference. JettFlight5 and Slu let the dogs out? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DeSmetBilliken Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 @3star_recruit hit the nail on the head the other day by calling that UR would be going on a Covid pause soon. In the moment, I was considering several possibilities for the cancellation, but probably the most realistic was the idea that UR had a Covid issue that SLU recognized and left over, but UR felt that as long as they “met the protocols”, they should be entitled to play. It didn’t seem to matter to them that they could put SLU in another shutdown...they wanted to get the game in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cgeldmacher Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 I'm always praying for people to not contract COVID. However, if Richmond goes on Covid pause, not only does it end the argument that has been raging over this past weekend, but it makes Richmond look really bad and our "medical staff" look really good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A10Ref Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 The crazy thing is this situation is pretty cut and dry/easy to navigate. If you side on players health, you will always win. Richmond seems to be an absolute DUMPSTER fire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A10Ref Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 A10 tourney should be in STL... We have the facilities, the medical staff, and the BBQ. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wgstl Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 5 minutes ago, A10Ref said: A10 tourney should be in STL... We have the facilities, the medical staff, and the BBQ. St Louis other than location/geography is the best option. Chaifetz, SIUe, WashU. A few very nice high school gyms or small colleges. enough hotels. Oh well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bills71 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Sorry Skip, I still haven’t seen any Richmond apologies, and their message board was horrendous for a conference mate and a supposedly intelligent school! slufanskip 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoCoBillsFan Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 17 minutes ago, Bills71 said: Sorry Skip, I still haven’t seen any Richmond apologies, and their message board was horrendous for a conference mate and a supposedly intelligent school! I really hope that some of their posts were satire because I couldn’t believe what I was reading. One guy actually suggested that SLU was responsible tor Richmond going on pause and said that he wouldn't believe anything coming from SLU because we've missed the most amount of time. Last time I checked, Richmond is on their third pause and we only missed so much time due to our stringent protocols. Maybe Richmond could study our way of doing things so they don't have bi-weekly positive tests... Bills71 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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